When conflicting parenting styles cause trouble in your marriage, it can feel extremely discouraging. You got married because you had fun together, you laughed together, you traveled and shared a love of adventure. Life together seemed guaranteed to be smooth sailing....

If you are a therapist, doctor, nurse, or if you are a care-giver for someone who is disabled, sick or in late stage of life you are at risk of something called compassion fatigue. In today’s blog article I want to teach you how to prevent and how to combat...

What’s in a Play Room? Come and learn everything you need to know about how to build your play room for play therapy! Whether you will be setting up a traditional play room, using an office for multiple purposes or using a mobile play room for play therapy in...

She’s under a lot of pressure between academic assignments, college applications looming and strife between her friends. You haven’t seen her smile and laugh in a long time. She stays up late to get school projects done and gets up early to make it to her...

I often receive messages from 1/2 of a marital partner saying, “Our relationship has hit a rough patch and we need some help.” It takes a lot of courage to reach out for help from a professional when you are experiencing relationship trouble It also takes...

Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. We are wired to feel fear as human beings. Many people are plagued by anxiety to the point it interferes with daily functioning, robbing us from an ability to savor life. Most understand intellectually that we need to...

If I had a dollar for every time a client has apologized for crying during their first visit to my office I would be a very wealthy woman. I find myself telling all of my clients at some point that crying is not only allowed, but encouraged. It is all too common that...

The practice of mindfulness has been scientifically proven to change the brains of adults in positive ways. The Center for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts Medical School has ongoing ample scientific research data to prove how mindfulness supports many...

“You can learn more about a person in one hour of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato Photograph by Judy Bruner of JBruner Photography www.judybruner.com Play is good for us. At all ages. It’s bad enough that many adults don’t...

In my years of leading parenting workshops and supporting parents in family counseling the most important aspect of these workshops and sessions is helping parents get clear on creating a mission statement for the very important job of raising their children. I tell...